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I·Leonardo
For this book, Steadman became Leonardo da Vinci. He retraced the artist's life from the time he was born to the time he realized there was nothing else. Throughout his journey Steadman discovered the human being through Leonardo's inventions, paintings and thoughts. This book is considered to be one of the high points of Ralph Steadman's career. This paperback edition published in 1988 by Pan Books, Ltd. Each book is signed by Ralph Steadman.
Signed paperback. $60.00 |
Untrodden Grapes |
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Let's face it: If anyone could claim to know wine, it would be Ralph Steadman. The man has tromped through the vineyards, smelled the air and sampled the work of wineries on five continents.
That is why Mr. Steadman is quite pleased to announce the release of his latest book, "Untrodden Grapes." So pleased, in fact, that he's taken to walking about the shores of his sceptred isle with a copy of the book and a rather silly hat, all in the hope that someone — anyone! — will ask him about it.
We'll save you the trouble: Mr. Steadman has followed his previous book on the subject — the award-winning "The Grapes of Ralph" — with another delightful sampling of his work. From California to Chile, from Cabernet to Chardonnay, Mr. Steadman has traveled the world of wine, and he's more than happy to bring you along. His keen eye, sparkling wit and amazing art will make you glad you took the trip.
And don't worry about things getting all wine snobby on you. After all, this is the man who once wrote — and we're taking this dreadfully out of context — "If someone is describing the notes of raspberry, wide swathes of apricot vapours and pomegranate overtones- and they are wearing a suit, then pour your glass of whatever over them and say, ‘Appreciate that!’"
So if you like wine, wonderful writing or absolutely brilliant artwork, we'd suggest that you carry yourselves down to your local bookseller (or Amazon.com) and let them know that you'd like a copy of "Untrodden Grapes." Tell them Ralph sent you, and that he'd like to take off the hat. |
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 This portfolio contains an original copy of the catalogue Modern Fiction and Art: Prints by Contemporary Authors published by the University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Ky., 1999.
The catalogue has been signed in ink by Ralph Steadman, Kurt Vonnegut, Joe Petro lll, printmaker, and Rachael Sadinsky, Curator of the University of Kentucky Art Museum. Catalogue is embossed with printers chop mark and numbered in ink 1/50 through 50/50.
The portfolio contains two original color silkscreens:
Red Shark by Ralph Steadman
Hand printed by at Petro III Graphics, 2000.
In two colors on Coventry cotton paper 12 x 16 3/4",
signed and numbered in pencil.
Messenger by Kurt Vonnegut
Hand printed by at Petro III Graphics, 2000.
In five colors on Coventry cotton paper 12 x 16 3/4", signed and numbered in pencil.
The portfolio has been published in an edition of 50 by Petro III Graphics, Lexington, Kentucky, 2001. Signed and numbered by Ralph Steadman and Kurt Vonnegut 1/50 through 50/50.
Eight Artist Proofs were made for the artists' personal use.
Price: $1500.00 |
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Sigmund Freud
This Signed Limited Edition of Sigmund Freud by Ralph Steadman comes from the original 1979 printing and is signed in an edition of 98. The folded and gathered sheets are from the original printing and are hand bound in white buckram with the cover embossed in silver, red marbled end papers and a charcoal gray slipcase. Size: 12 1/2" X 10 1/2".
Signed Limited Edition Slipcase Hardback in an edition of 98. $475.00 |
The Dog Bodies Portfolio
1970 — 2000
This portfolio contains and original copy of the soft cover book "DOG BODIES", published by Abelard-Schuman, London 1970. The book has been signed in brown ink by Ralph Steadman. This portfolio also contains an original two color silkscreen "INK HOUND", signed and numbered in pencil by Steadman. The silkscreen measures 81/2" x 9 7/8". Both are housed in a handsome portfolio which measures 91/4" x 10 7/8". This portfolio has been produced in an edition of 70. Silkscreens hand printed at Petro III Graphics, 2000.
Price: $400.00
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The Grapes of Ralph:
Wine According to Ralph Steadman
UK Edition
Ebury Press, London
1992. Signed hardback.
Signed hardback: $100.00 |
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I*Leonardo
For this book, Steadman became Leonardo da Vinci. He retraced the artist's life from the time he was born to the time he realized there was nothing else. Throughout his journey Steadman discovered the human being through Leonardo's inventions, paintings and thoughts. This book is considered to be one of the high points of Ralph Steadman's career. This paperback edition published in 1988 by Pan Books, Ltd. Each book is signed by Ralph Steadman.
Signed paperback. $60.00 |
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"Tales of the Weirrd"
First Edition, First Printing, Jonathan Cape, London 1990
Signed oversize paperback.
Signed paperback: $75.00. |
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Sigmund Freud
Paperback - 120 pages; Reprint Edition
Firefly Books; ISBN: 1552091740
Dimensions (in inches): 0.40 x 11.99 x 10.26
Paperback edition signed in ink by
Ralph Steadman.
Signed paperback: $30.00
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Still Life With Bottle:
Whisky According to Ralph Steadman
Hardcover - 168 pages
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0151003106 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.76 x 11.36 x 8.57
American hardback edition, published by Harcourt Brace, 1997.
Signed in ink by Ralph Steadman.
This book is my attempt to discover the origins of distillation, from as far back as 6000 BC, when originally the process was used to extract the quintessential healing powers of natural raw materials present in all living matter. These distilled elixirs became soothing balms of great power medicinally, and many are used in such a way still, to the financial benefit of Drug Companies. There is, however, another side to everything in nature and rich nectars for the attainment of pleasing hallucinations and terrifying nightmares, is a dimension of the same source. Use and abuse go hand in hand. Mainly though, my book concentrates on the Dionesian principle of pleasure. Such wonderfully potent creations have been given to the world, what can one do but celebrate these ingenious miracles of man, and acknowledge the funny side too? Should be enjoyed sipping one of the finest of Single malts produced by the most hard bitten of human creatures.
Sorry, but we're SOLD OUT. You might be able to find some copies on E-Bay and other places.
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"The Milldenhall Treasure"
by George Orwell, Ralph Steadman (Illustrator)
First hardback edition, published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1999. Signed in ink by Ralph Steadman.
Signed hardback: $60.00
Ralph STEADMAN has attacked one of Roald DAHL`s stories with a difference. DAHL is best known for his wild and wonky stories for children like "James and the Giant Peach" and "The Witches", stories about Chocolate Factories and ghastly stuff that children like to read about like the rotten things that grown-ups like to do but prefer to keep quiet about. His "Tales of the Unexpected" displayed his mastery of the art of storytelling. Little is known of his journalistic ventures when he used to write pieces for the Saturday Evening Post in the 50`s. Such a tale was THE MILDENHALL TREASURE which gave Steadman a dark account of calumny, greed and deceit, good honest toil and Roman Silver to indulge his love of rich, earthy subject matter and get his hands dirty again. This is pastoral GONZO at its best and you must check it out just to verify the fact that Steadman will not repeat himself. He`s movin` on.
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First edition, signed by Ralph Steadman.
Signed hardback: $45.00 |
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Emergency Mouse
A child finds himself in hospital and discovers a world of mice underneath his bed. Which cheers him up and helps him get better. This pictorial hardback book is signed by Ralph Steadman. The story is by Bernard Stone, 1978.
Signed hardback. $60.00 |
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Inspector Mouse and his sidekick, Toothy Mouse, solve the mystery of the cheese robbery now the subject of an animated film series. This pictorial hardback book is signed by Ralph Steadman. The story is by Bernard Stone, 1980.
Signed hardback. $60.00 |
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Paranoids was an accident. It happened in the heat of a Turkish afternoon. Between the layers of acetate on Polaroid SX70 film there lives a demon of creative wildness and shameless mischief. Steadman realized that a new medium for caricature was at his disposal. The result of his investigation produced a phantasmagoric pageant of characters from contemporary and past lives, including Judas and Satan. This 1986 first edition published in paperback only by Harrap, London. Each book is signed by Ralph Steadman.
Signed paperback. $50.00 |
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No Room To Swing A Cat
A wild and wacky story of a little boy who makes a simple request which his mother misunderstands. This paperback edition was published in 1991 by Arrow Books Limited, London. Each book is signed by Ralph Steadman.
Signed paperback. $50.00 |
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Teddy Where Are You?
The artist's grandchildren ask what is a teddy bear. The search for his old teddy bear leads him to a toy store and the very teddy he is looking for is the manager who is unhappy because teddies are treated with contempt by a tyrannical shop assistant. This pictorial hardback was published in 1994 by Andersen Press, London. Each book is signed by Ralph Steadman.
Signed hardback. $50.00 |
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Who Killed Dylan Thomas?
by poet Adrian Mitchell with drawings by Ralph Steadman.
This is a facsimile of the original manuscript prose poem describing the last ill-fated visit of Dylan Thomas to the United States.
The pages have been profusely drawn over, around and within the text by the artist — a defacement officially approved by the author. Steadman has also provided the rich four-color image taken from his portrait etching of Dylan Thomas.
The format is a generous 12" x 16", 53 page soft-cover book of which only 750 copies were printed to commemorate the Dylan Thomas Festival 1998 in his home town of Swansea in South Wales. Signed by the artist.
Signed paperback. $80.00 |
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RED ALERT
This 32 page catalogue accompanied an exhibit of sculptures and paraniod/silkscreen prints at the October Gallery in London, England, 1990 on the theme of RED with an introduction by art critic Andrew Lambirth. It contains reproductions of silk-screens entitled "CABINET OF THE MIND". The photographs are beautifully reproduced in full color and black and white. The RED on the black and white photographs of the sculptures has been overprinted twice creating a spatial detachment of the RED from the actual sculpture. Each book is signed by Ralph Steadman. Size: 8 3/4" X 11".
Signed paperback. $75.00 |
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Other Steadman Books
Other books by Ralph Steadman are available through Amazon.com. Click on the links below to learn more, and to order.
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Gonzo, The Art
Hardcover - 208 pages
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0151003874
Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 11.36 x 9.42
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The Book of Jones:
A Tribute to a Mercurial, Manic, and Utterly Seductive Cat
Hardcover - 76 pages
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0151003092
Dimensions (in inches): 0.65 x 8.56 x 5.74
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Animal Farm : A Fairy Story
by George Orwell, Ralph Steadman (Illustrator)
Hardcover - 179 pages; 50th Anniversary Edition
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0151002177
Dimensions (in inches): 0.81 x 9.98 x 7.87
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"Pop Pedestal"
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Born Under a Bad Sign
(Updated Edition With New Introduction)
by Tony Palmer; Illustrated by Ralph Steadman
Edition: 126 copies (total)
26 lettered copies in clamshell box with the original signed silkscreen print "Pop Pedestal" laid in $450
100 numbered trade copies in printed mylar dust jacket $175
All copies have been signed by Tony Palmer and Ralph Steadman
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You Can't Get to East Kilbride From Here: Poems 1968-2003
by Gordon Kerr; Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Edition: 60 copies (total)
10 numbered copies in clamshell box with original silkscreen print " An Evening With Ted Hughes" (signed and hand colored). SOLD OUT
50 numbered trade copies. $100
All copies have been signed by Gordon Kerr and Ralph Steadman.
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The Prints of Ralph (Sylph Chapbook Number 4) by Anna Steadman; Introduction by Ralph Steadman
Edition: 60 copies (total)
10 Roman numeraled copies in clamshell box with original pieces of Ralph Steadman's drawing board backing paper used as endpapers and facsimile of page from Anna's diary. $200
50 numbered trade copies. $75
All copies have been signed by Anna Steadman, Ralph Steadman, and Joe Petro III
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Fire in the Nuts |
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Fire in the Nuts
by Hunter S. Thompson; Illustrated by Ralph Steadman
Edition: 176 copies (total)
26 lettered copies in clamshell box with original signed silkscreen print of Thompson laid in.
150 signed and numbered copies
SOLD OUT
All copies signed in full by Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman on October 8, 2004 (the first limited edition signed by both) |
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Fire In the Nuts at night
He came like a thief in the night. Hunter S. Thompson did not want to sign anything. 'People are always asking', he said. 'I'll think about it. I'll come by later', he added. We left it at that and we went back to our loaned cabin along the Woody Creek Road, a kind gesture compliments of Hunter's neighbor and friend, George Stranahan. There was no sign of Hunter by 3:30 a.m. We decided to go to bed. But I knew Hunter would show up, so I left the pages to be signed on the kitchen table, with a pen. There was commotion and horn honking at about 4 a.m. I knew I was right. Later Hunter told "There was a bear in the road". I turned over and went back to sleep.
I rose at about 7.30 a.m. and walked sleepily through to the kitchen. On the table was Polo bag. Inside was half a bottle of Chivas Regal, four boxes of cigars, a Gonzo thong, a gold krugerand and a magnum of a precious red wine, a fine and dignified Cabernet Sauvignon, nothing cheap! which we later shared with Hunter's Lawyer, the Sheriff and friends that very next night. There were a couple of scribbled notes in his distinctive handwriting near by. On one note he had written, 'Dear Ralph- Sorry I got lost in the night- I got a flat tire. Please help me to evaluate this profoundly rare wine. Love H'. On a second sheet he had written a list. 'Ralph- lettered sheets. numbered sheets . What else do you need? Ah yes- books signed, etc. - thank you. Hunter S Thompson'. Bless him! he was going to do it!!
He had clipped a smaller yellow piece of paper to the others on which he had scrawled, 'You're welcome- the Fruit Fairy'..... because he had stolen our cantaloupe melon.
So the pages had been gathered up and spirited away into the night like a guilty secret. My ole buddy Hunter would deliver, perversely, but he always delivers. A far more interesting signing than your average run-of-the-mill. Thought you would like to know that; it's a double first for a limited edition.
Ralph Steadman,
November 2nd 2004 |
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